-i fell in love. i know, i know, gross. but you try being around the kindest, smartest, handsomest, smiley-est, quirkiest (read: nerdiest) person you know and see if you don't fall victim to his or her charms. nicholas had me at "let's have a lord of the rings marathon". i'm only human, you know.
-as a result of said love, i left my other love, seattle. it was a difficult decision but long distance relationships suck even more than the niners. and so, we packed up my belongings in a comically oversized truck that i then forced nick to drive the entire way back to rosa. where we now reside. quite happily, i might add. sure, there's more laundry and less space than i originally bargained for but waking up next to the love of my life more than makes up for it. (aw....barf.)
-we became parents. kitten parents that is. as a result, i have become THAT person, who treats their pets like they would their own offspring. toby and pippin have got to be the most spoiled kittens ever. nick really should ban me from pet stores because i clearly have no self control - each trip i leave with like 60 bucks worth of toys or cat shelfs or cat costumes or supplements or whatever new fangled best thing for kittens there is! to top it off we got a meat grinder to make homemade cat food (though i daresay nick is more stoked to pick up yet another hobby in charcuterie). like i said, spoiled ass kittens. but they give pretty damn good cuddles, so i guess it's worth it.
-my mom gave breast cancer an ass whopping. not to say it didn't give her a couple of good knocks - chemotherapy is a bitch and a half and there were a couple of close calls but as my sister and i learned early on, one does not simply trifle with lucy wimmer; cancer is no exception. thankfully, she is thriving and now that i live closer to her, it's nice to be able to visit more often (and for fun and not health reasons).
-i got a job working for the cancer prevention institute of california. it's similar to what i was doing at the hutch - collecting samples for research - but this time i work from home. it's weird and kind of lonely not going into an office everyday. but if i feel like staying in my jammies while leaving sports center on in the background all day, i can. i could even have a beer if i wanted to. i don't want to of course. but i could. if i did. which i don't. want. to. (slams a beer.)
-and finally, the seattle seahawks won the super bowl. ok, well it hasn't happened yet. but this is our year. i thought it might have been last year but apparently the universe got the birds mixed up, mistook the ravens for hawks. that's ok, we've had a chat and everyone can relax, the universe knows what's up now. see you in new york in february! (yes, once a seahawk always a seahawk, even though i now live in enemy territory.)
there's a bit more to tell, but if you've made it thus far, well, you actually need to find something better to do. seriously, it's a nice day out; don't let me waste it.
with that i leave you your found item of the day:
i give it two months.
